Rome is everyone’s home
A blog to discover that Rome resembles you more than you can imagine ….
Rome is everyone’s home.
It is the center of Italy and its history, but also the center of Europe and the history of the West. This is why it was called “the eternal city”.
Knowing her means loving her, loving her means protecting and taking care of her.
The aim of this blog is to provide a series of tools to better know the city and to give an overview of the great cultural offer that is already available to all those who want to be fascinated by a millenary history.
Ancient Rome
The “boxer at rest”. Who was he really?
The boxer at rest is one of the very rare original Greek bronzes found in Rome. The attribution to Lysippos is uncertain as is the dating: 4th century BC. The statue, of impressive realism, fixes the boxer in the fatal moment of the verdict: victory or defeat. It imposes an emotional participation on the observer.…
Portus the ancient port of Rome
46 AD the emperor Claudius built a port 3km north of Ostia, the Portus Ostiensis Augusti.64 AD the port was inaugurated by Nero. 100-112 AD Apollodorus of Damascus on behalf of Trajan adds the hexagonal basin to the port of Claudius. 537 AD invasion of the Goths, the citizens of Portus fled, depopulating the city…
The Portonaccio Sarcophagus
The Portonaccio Sarcophagus was found in 1931. For almost a hundred years it has been striking for the plasticity and dynamism of the battle it represents. It is also striking for another mystery: who was the faceless man at center stage?
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